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republicans in congress right now, most republican members of the house hail from safely conservative republican districts where their victory margins were double digits. these guys are much more responsive to threats inside their parties. not being conservative enough, anti-obama enough, all the things that play in the republican universe. they don't have to worry about getting democratic votes to be protected. they have to protect themselves from the republican primary. they look at the fiscal cliff, whatever it is, and no incentive for them to cooperate, even in the broader interest of their party. >> even if you live in an area that was impacted, whatever party, you want to see cooperation and see people that will make government work, kryst krystal. i don't care if christie did it for facetious reasons or cynical, you might drag me out of the water to get me on the front page of the paper, i don't care as long as i'm out of the water. >> that's a great point. i totally agree with you on that, regardless of what christie's incentives are. i will say this is a big question for repu
republicans in congress right now, most republican members of the house hail from safely conservative republican districts where their victory margins were double digits. these guys are much more responsive to threats inside their parties. not being conservative enough, anti-obama enough, all the things that play in the republican universe. they don't have to worry about getting democratic votes to be protected. they have to protect themselves from the republican primary. they look at the...
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we'll come back and tell you what president obama is up to today down at the white house. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. before the sneeze, help protect with a spray. before the tissue, help defend with a wipe. before the cold & flu season help prevent with lysol. because when you have 10 times more protection with each hand wash... and kill 99.9% of germs around the house with each spray... those healthy habits start to add up. this season, a good offense is the best defense and lysol has your family covered because that's our mission for health. ñ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "full court press," the "bill press show," live on your radio, and on current tv. >> bill: all right. in the next hour joe is going to be here at the top of the hour, and we will talk about what is happening in egypt, gaza, and with susan rice, and then we'll be joined by john stanton from "buzzfeed" to talk about all of the latest political news and we saw o
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since our country voted to return president obama to the white house and the democratic majority in the senate, i've spoken often about compromise. i remain optimistic that when it comes to our economy, when it comes to protecting middle-class families from a whopping tax hike come january 1, republicans and democrats will be able to find common ground. president dwight eisenhower, a republican, once said and i quote -- "people talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. there have to be compromises. the middle of the road is all usable space." so said dwight eisenhower. too often, republicans and democrats in washington face off from our entrenched positions, never realizing the solutions to the country's problems rest not on one side of the aisle or the other but somewhere in the middle. however, as we continue to negotiate a responsible path forward, i remind everyone within the souped of my voice of one fact -- this congress is already one vote away from avoiding the fiscal cliff for middle-class families and small businesses. we could solve the greatest econom
since our country voted to return president obama to the white house and the democratic majority in the senate, i've spoken often about compromise. i remain optimistic that when it comes to our economy, when it comes to protecting middle-class families from a whopping tax hike come january 1, republicans and democrats will be able to find common ground. president dwight eisenhower, a republican, once said and i quote -- "people talk about the middle of the road as though it were...
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♪ gerri: hello, everybody, i'm gerri willis, a meeting between congressional leaders and the white house to add vert the fiscal cliff scheduled for tomorrow, but, guess what? the president will not be attending it, secretary tim geithner will. regardless of the no-show tomorrow, president obama is hopeful to get a deal done by christmas, not inspiring confidence for pushing small businesses as key democratic leaders refuse to put entitlements on the table. for more on all of this, republican congressman langford of oklahoma. congressman, welcome back, always great to have you here. >> thank you very much. gerri: president with strong words for congress. here's what he had to say. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their taxes automatically go up at the beginning of next wreer. right now, as we speak, congress can pass a law that would prevent a tax hike on the first $250,000 of everybody's income. gerri: there's the president calling out congress. what do you have to say, congressman? >> yeah, here we go in the middle of this. the house passed all our tax thing
♪ gerri: hello, everybody, i'm gerri willis, a meeting between congressional leaders and the white house to add vert the fiscal cliff scheduled for tomorrow, but, guess what? the president will not be attending it, secretary tim geithner will. regardless of the no-show tomorrow, president obama is hopeful to get a deal done by christmas, not inspiring confidence for pushing small businesses as key democratic leaders refuse to put entitlements on the table. for more on all of this, republican...
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house is silent on the more -- coupe. middle east expert professor hoover institute senior fellow "wall street journal" as columnist among our guests her tonight. we begin ith the president's broad based strategy to conduct our right class warfare aainst the republican party on the issue of taxes and the fiscal cliff. the white house today released a report from the ouncil of economic advisers. that report claims that if republican lawmakers don't accept the president's fiscal proposals they would be responsible for destroying christmas for the nation's retail sector. the national retail federation is forecasting that holiday sales will grow. if congress does not act on the president's plan t extend tax cuts for the middle-class and jobs in our ecoomy at the most important time of the year for retail stores. as the president uses similar scare tactics to bully republicans into a deal press secretary jay carney today made clear where the president himself simply refuses to compromise. >> there are issues that need to be re
house is silent on the more -- coupe. middle east expert professor hoover institute senior fellow "wall street journal" as columnist among our guests her tonight. we begin ith the president's broad based strategy to conduct our right class warfare aainst the republican party on the issue of taxes and the fiscal cliff. the white house today released a report from the ouncil of economic advisers. that report claims that if republican lawmakers don't accept the president's fiscal...
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family went off and obama stayed behind. it's time so just accept it. >> brian: it is the same game. the house republican and the senate democrat and president is democrat. >> eric: i can't tell you how many shows i stayed until 11:59, live show for the debt creeling to hit or the government to shut down. government would shut down, 19:55 they fixed it. obama is say nothing, i need more. boehner is saying we are further than we have ever been. >> they know where they will meet in the middle. >> dana: i think they are farther apart than ever, actually. >> eric: you do? >> dana: i do. does it show you wouldn't -- >> kimberly: absolutely not. >> kimberly: bolling is the last to leigh the building and first to enter. maybe he doesn't leave at all. >> screaming headlines on fox news.com. this is not a game. clearly frustrated. you must be good in chess. you two steps ahead of everybody, what you just diagnosed. i manual you're good. the president is also playing -- >> bob: can suck up. >> brian: i usually wait for the breaks. but
family went off and obama stayed behind. it's time so just accept it. >> brian: it is the same game. the house republican and the senate democrat and president is democrat. >> eric: i can't tell you how many shows i stayed until 11:59, live show for the debt creeling to hit or the government to shut down. government would shut down, 19:55 they fixed it. obama is say nothing, i need more. boehner is saying we are further than we have ever been. >> they know where they will meet...
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i love you, too. >>> a funny thing happened to michelle obama on the way to the white house. after months of being mischaracterized as angry, radical and unpatriotic, america fell in love with her and her approval skyrocketed to 68%. after a peak at 72%, her approval numbers dropped to 66% in 2010 where it has held almost steady for the last two years. she had a 65% favor abilitabili she spoke at the democratic national convention in september. you just can't buy that kind of political capital. in the next four years, how does michelle obama plan to spend that capital. we talked a bit about this sort of, let's move. will we see a more policy oriented nature to that program? more than just sort of kids and family should be healthy but we should address food and environmental injustice, food availability, nutritional supplements. >> she might be more affected without doing it in a policy way but the way she has been doing. i wish she would push forward the idea of everybody having a garden. that's one of the great things. that can help in the food desert areas and big, major ci
i love you, too. >>> a funny thing happened to michelle obama on the way to the white house. after months of being mischaracterized as angry, radical and unpatriotic, america fell in love with her and her approval skyrocketed to 68%. after a peak at 72%, her approval numbers dropped to 66% in 2010 where it has held almost steady for the last two years. she had a 65% favor abilitabili she spoke at the democratic national convention in september. you just can't buy that kind of political...
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right now, the white house announcing president obama will host mitt romney for lunch tomorrow. so the president breaking bread tomorrow with his vanquished opponent. we also have this. the president meeting, right now, with his cabinet, perhaps the final cabinet meeting for several administration stalwarts. among them, secretary of state hillary clinton, and treasury secretary tim geithner. hold the phone, though, because we he potential movement in the talks to avert the troublesome tax increase set to take effect january 1st. a top house republican is apparently, today, breaking ranks. essentially siding with the white house here, saying, protect the middle class from higher taxes come january 1st. but not the wealthy. not that top 2%. go ahead, raise them, he says. here he is, congressman tom cole after a meeting with house republicans. >> in my view, we all agree that we're not going to raise taxes on people that make less than $250,000. we should just take them out of this discussion right now. not going to raise taxes on most people, and i think we ought to go ahead and m
right now, the white house announcing president obama will host mitt romney for lunch tomorrow. so the president breaking bread tomorrow with his vanquished opponent. we also have this. the president meeting, right now, with his cabinet, perhaps the final cabinet meeting for several administration stalwarts. among them, secretary of state hillary clinton, and treasury secretary tim geithner. hold the phone, though, because we he potential movement in the talks to avert the troublesome tax...
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president obama and governor romney are set to meet for a little lunch at the white house tomorrow. of course, the last time they were face to face was during the debates at the height of the presidential race. things were a little different back then. the white house says president obama is looking forward to having a, quote useful discussion with his former foe. governor romney also scheduled to meet with campaign running mate congressman paul ryan. the famous red kettles of the salvation army could be hard to find this holiday season in one colorado city. a new panhandling law set to take effect next month that will ban those bell ringers and donation pots in part of downtown colorado springs. the city's mayor says the law aims to increase safety by keeping solicitors off any kind of streets. the ban is just way too broad. one hotel owner in that area tells fox news a salvation army bell ringer will be able to keep up a kettle inside the hotel courtyard because that is private property. the teenage actor who apparently had a religious revelation and called his own tv show a bunch
president obama and governor romney are set to meet for a little lunch at the white house tomorrow. of course, the last time they were face to face was during the debates at the height of the presidential race. things were a little different back then. the white house says president obama is looking forward to having a, quote useful discussion with his former foe. governor romney also scheduled to meet with campaign running mate congressman paul ryan. the famous red kettles of the salvation...
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and i would hope the white house would get serious as well. >> is this assessment -- is this assessment of yours based on the meeting with secretary geithner or your phone call with president obama last night and can you tell us something about that phone call? >> well, we had a very nice conversation last night. it was direct. and straightforward. but this -- this assessment i give you today would be a product of both of those conversations. >> how much would you be open to the idea of discretionary spending cuts as part of a down payment to get to a longer range solution on entitlements and tax reform. >> there are a lot of options that are on the table including that one. >> mr. speaker, before the election you were asked whether if obama won, taxes would have to go up. you've made it sound like you would oppose that. now you've -- you're acknowledging that they will. >> the day after the election, i came here and made it clear that republicans would put revenue on the table. as a way to begin to move the process to get this resolved. >> right. so my question is, what -- what message
and i would hope the white house would get serious as well. >> is this assessment -- is this assessment of yours based on the meeting with secretary geithner or your phone call with president obama last night and can you tell us something about that phone call? >> well, we had a very nice conversation last night. it was direct. and straightforward. but this -- this assessment i give you today would be a product of both of those conversations. >> how much would you be open to...
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romney seemed to do that with this white house lunch with president obama. don't cry too much for romney though because he still has three things, family, faith and financial security. yes, and remember, romney is a multimillionaire several times over. so it's not like he needed the job. right now romney is subletting a space his ton's investment firm in boston. he'll be in the same building, i think it's a safe bet, wolf, we will be hearing from him again in some capacity or another, wolf. >> i'm sure we will. he'll do just fine. >> right. >> thanks very much. >>> the accused mastermind behind 9/11 potentially closer to coming to this very country he allegedly conspired to attack. >>> max says he's found a way to diagnose parkinsons with a simple phone call. >> they leave a voice recording, the alga rhythms will get an indication whether or not they have parkinsons. >> how confident can you be that that person has parkinsons? >> to 99%. >> that's pretty incredible. if he succeeds, he could change the game for parkinsons patients and doctors. on the next lis
romney seemed to do that with this white house lunch with president obama. don't cry too much for romney though because he still has three things, family, faith and financial security. yes, and remember, romney is a multimillionaire several times over. so it's not like he needed the job. right now romney is subletting a space his ton's investment firm in boston. he'll be in the same building, i think it's a safe bet, wolf, we will be hearing from him again in some capacity or another, wolf....
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but he is about to have an awkward meeting with president obama. no press coverage at all, the president says he wants romney's input on the fiscal cliff. some think he might propose a republican compromise of sorts. we shall see. cheryl: it is time for your "west coast minute." an update to a story we brought you last week. the union walkout shut down most of los angeles and long beach ports yesterday. they handle 40% of the nations import trade. they handle the paperwork for the incoming and outgoing vessels, and job workers refused to cross picket lines in a sign of solidarity. if a deal in fiscal cliff is not reached, one in three jobless californians or 4000 people total could lose $450 per week in federal employment benefits that could be discontinued. also due to the high unemployment, debt and crime levels, california has been deemed the worst run state in the nation by 24/7 wall street, a financial news and opinion website. but the news is better in oregon, up north, medford oregon has been named the best housing market in the country. cho
but he is about to have an awkward meeting with president obama. no press coverage at all, the president says he wants romney's input on the fiscal cliff. some think he might propose a republican compromise of sorts. we shall see. cheryl: it is time for your "west coast minute." an update to a story we brought you last week. the union walkout shut down most of los angeles and long beach ports yesterday. they handle 40% of the nations import trade. they handle the paperwork for the...
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as far as leaks from the white house and looking under every corner there's not a piece of information that should have been kept from the public. i want to play sound from him on sunday where he seemed to suggest he would have more of a conciliatory attitude towards u.n. ambassador susan rice. >> is there anything that ambassador rice can do to change your mind about her? >> sure. she can give everyone the benefit of explaining their position and the actions that they took. i'll be glad to have the opportunity to discuss these issues with her. >> she could conceivably get your vote for secretary of state? >> i think she deserves the ability and the opportunity to explain herself and her position. >> is this a case of bizarreo john mccain, the same guy that defended president obama against critics that said he was a muslim and can't be a president, and then he nominated sarah palin. >> i think it's another iteration of the game john mccain has been playing for a decade, goes on fox news and sounds like a moderate and then the "today" show and. how micro the republicans have kept this.
as far as leaks from the white house and looking under every corner there's not a piece of information that should have been kept from the public. i want to play sound from him on sunday where he seemed to suggest he would have more of a conciliatory attitude towards u.n. ambassador susan rice. >> is there anything that ambassador rice can do to change your mind about her? >> sure. she can give everyone the benefit of explaining their position and the actions that they took. i'll be...
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president obama hosted a screening at the white house. those are the things we thought you should know. sometimes what we suffer from is bigger than we think ... like the flu. with aches, fever and chills- the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so don't wait. call your doctor right away. tamiflu is prescription medicine for treating the flu in adults and children one year and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing. have serious health conditions, or take other medicines. if you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior, stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion or abnormal behavior. the most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. the flu co
president obama hosted a screening at the white house. those are the things we thought you should know. sometimes what we suffer from is bigger than we think ... like the flu. with aches, fever and chills- the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so don't wait. call your doctor right away. tamiflu is prescription medicine for treating...
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another round of white house talks between congressional leaders and president obama was promised but is yet to materialize. a senate democratic leadership aid telling us that staff level meetings meant to lay the groundwork haven't been productive. one senate republican leadership aid accuses democrats of leaking details in order to portray republicans negatively. the talks are continuing, which itself can be read as some sort of progress. whether that's real progress or washington progress, remains to be seen. a lot to talk about starting with tennessee republican senator bob corker. thanks very much for joining us. let's talk about grover norquist. no new taxes pledged. you said earlier in your career, you told cbs morning news earlier today, and i'm quoting now, you said you're not obligated on the pledge, adding the only thing i'm honoring is the oath that i take when i'm sworn in this january. so what exactly did you mean by that? did you suggest -- did you mean that under certain circumstances you would be ready to accept an increase in tax rates for the wealthy? >> well, i was
another round of white house talks between congressional leaders and president obama was promised but is yet to materialize. a senate democratic leadership aid telling us that staff level meetings meant to lay the groundwork haven't been productive. one senate republican leadership aid accuses democrats of leaking details in order to portray republicans negatively. the talks are continuing, which itself can be read as some sort of progress. whether that's real progress or washington progress,...
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talks of the fiscal cliff trudging along, president obama and house speaker john boehner talking on the phone saturday. are we any closer to a deal? and it is a bird, it is a plane. nope. it is your social security number, it turns out more than just balloons in the sky at this year's macy's thanksgiving day parade. the crazy details of this one just ahead. can i help you? i heard you guys can ship ground for less than the ups store. that's right. i've learned the only way to get a holiday deal is to camp out. you know we've been open all night. is this a trick to get my spot? [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground shipping at fedex office. ♪ [ male announcer ] they are a glowing example of what it means to be the best. and at this special time of year, they shine even brighter. come to the winter event and get the mercedes-benz you've always wished for, now for an exceptional price. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer lease a 2013 glk350 for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. melissa: so, talk about raining on your parade, literally. tho
talks of the fiscal cliff trudging along, president obama and house speaker john boehner talking on the phone saturday. are we any closer to a deal? and it is a bird, it is a plane. nope. it is your social security number, it turns out more than just balloons in the sky at this year's macy's thanksgiving day parade. the crazy details of this one just ahead. can i help you? i heard you guys can ship ground for less than the ups store. that's right. i've learned the only way to get a holiday deal...
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house. the turkeys yesterday cobbler and gobbler. cobbler officially pardoned gobbler his alternate in case cobbler can't perform the duties of a pardoned turkey. they are heading to mt. vernon or probably already there and that's where they're going to sort of spend the rest of their days, not too shabby for a pardoned turkey. it was a moment, of course, of levity at the white house. president obama and the first daughters engaging in that annual tradition which, by the way, started under jfk in 1963. >> it's a good one. and we're very glad those two turkeys were pardoned. >>> lawmakers are taking today to give thanks and spend time with their families but next week they'll be back in washington with plenty to do trying to negotiate a solution to stave off the fiscal cliff. everyone was getting along last friday when all of the leaders met at the white house but now that it's time to deal things are getting a bit tougher. let's bring in david and steve. happy thanksgiving, guys. thanks for
house. the turkeys yesterday cobbler and gobbler. cobbler officially pardoned gobbler his alternate in case cobbler can't perform the duties of a pardoned turkey. they are heading to mt. vernon or probably already there and that's where they're going to sort of spend the rest of their days, not too shabby for a pardoned turkey. it was a moment, of course, of levity at the white house. president obama and the first daughters engaging in that annual tradition which, by the way, started under jfk...
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president obama is meeting with his cabinet at the white house. we'll get the first pictures of that any minute now. earlier today, the president pushed the congress to react on keeping middle class tax rates where they currently stand. >> i'm asking congress to listen to the people who sent us here to serve. i'm asking americans all across the country to make your voice heard. tell members of congress what $2,000 tax hike would mean to you. >> so many people say the president has the upper hand in the debt talks this time around and republicans are starting to show some signs of compromise. >> republicans are willing to put revenue on the table but it's time for the president and democrats to get serious about the spending problem that our country has. but i'm optimistic that we can continue to work together to avert this crisis and sooner rather than later. >> all right. nbc's mike viqueira at the white house. could be one of the last cabinet meetings for a few of the people there. >> reporter: yeah. secretaries of defense and secretaries of sta
president obama is meeting with his cabinet at the white house. we'll get the first pictures of that any minute now. earlier today, the president pushed the congress to react on keeping middle class tax rates where they currently stand. >> i'm asking congress to listen to the people who sent us here to serve. i'm asking americans all across the country to make your voice heard. tell members of congress what $2,000 tax hike would mean to you. >> so many people say the president has...
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president obama has invited mitt romney for lunch at the white house tomorrow, the one-time rivals will meet tomorrow for a private lunch. their first encounter since the final day bait of the presidential campaign. in his re-election victory speech the president said he wanted to sit down with romney to talk about ideas on how to move the country forward. i guess they're all going to lean forward tomorrow. romney will also meet with his vice presidential running mate paul ryan when he's in washington tomorrow. we'll be right back. that makes watching tv even better. if your tv were a hot dog, zeebox would be some sort of fancy, french mustard. just like adding fancy mustard to a hotdog makes you go "woah!," zeebox adds video, info, and playalongs to spice up your favorite shows. download zeebox free and say "woah" every time you watch tv. i have obligations. cute tobligations, but obligations.g. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large profession
president obama has invited mitt romney for lunch at the white house tomorrow, the one-time rivals will meet tomorrow for a private lunch. their first encounter since the final day bait of the presidential campaign. in his re-election victory speech the president said he wanted to sit down with romney to talk about ideas on how to move the country forward. i guess they're all going to lean forward tomorrow. romney will also meet with his vice presidential running mate paul ryan when he's in...
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they don't vote and this becomes the obama tax hike, the obama spending cut. on him. let him own it. they voted for him. let them own it. >> brian: house democrats going along with maybe john boehner caucus to pass it. that is how divided it could be. it could cost them the house. when it's said and done and we're sitting here on december 31, emergency session of five five -- i'll be here in case of injury -- there will be sitting there saying this is deal we got to cut. we got to get the democrats to come along with republicans. >> dana: aside from politics i don't think enough people are talking about what is the right policy and the right answer and solution to get the economy going again? see that social security and medicare is saved for the next generation. >> eric: one quick point, can we as five or the con seventives, bob you should be interested in this, too. forget social security. we pay to the social security system. it's self-fulfilling. >> bob: they pay in medicare, too. >> eric: but we way with payroll and fica to social security. government raids socia
they don't vote and this becomes the obama tax hike, the obama spending cut. on him. let him own it. they voted for him. let them own it. >> brian: house democrats going along with maybe john boehner caucus to pass it. that is how divided it could be. it could cost them the house. when it's said and done and we're sitting here on december 31, emergency session of five five -- i'll be here in case of injury -- there will be sitting there saying this is deal we got to cut. we got to get the...
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especially if you look at the state legislatures and governors houses where according to "the new york times" at least 24 states will be completely controlled by republicans, both with legislatures and governships. what does that say for democrats? >> it's a great point. i think, first of all, it suggests we have to be vigilant, that we can't take politics as a federal level reality. we have to talk about state level and talk about local levels because that's where a lot of stuff gets done. that's where a lot of bills get passed. where a lot of referendums, say on gay marriage or legalizing marijuana for medical use, or the use of certain kinds of paradigms for bills gets passed. so you have to be able to talk about the local level and democrats have to be vigilant here and concerned about the fact that even though nationally the vision of president obama carried the day. the weight of his agenda is on resources to vulnerable populations in a time of crisis and not the gifts that mitt romney remarked upon. it is how to address legislators that are controlled by republicans, the comprom
especially if you look at the state legislatures and governors houses where according to "the new york times" at least 24 states will be completely controlled by republicans, both with legislatures and governships. what does that say for democrats? >> it's a great point. i think, first of all, it suggests we have to be vigilant, that we can't take politics as a federal level reality. we have to talk about state level and talk about local levels because that's where a lot of...
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obama controls the white house, we control the house, democrats controls the senate. but guess what? the american people don't expect a status quo in governance. gregg: there's a recent rasmussen poll and, juan, i want you to take a look as well, 57% agree that raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year is a good idea. can you put that up on the screen, if you would, the poll? 35% disagree, so almost 60% now think the president's probably on the right track. juan, i mean, given his re-election circumstances have changed, have they not, and the president has, therefore, a political advantage? >> i think he has some leverage, and he certainly can point to the election results, not only his re-election, but with, of course, adding democrats in the congress and in the house. and you look at the new incoming house republicans, i think a dozen of them have refused to sign norquist's pledge. and in addition to saxby chambliss, you have tom coburn and i think bob corker of tennessee and i don't know mccain of arizona -- and john mccain of arizona all making noise
obama controls the white house, we control the house, democrats controls the senate. but guess what? the american people don't expect a status quo in governance. gregg: there's a recent rasmussen poll and, juan, i want you to take a look as well, 57% agree that raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year is a good idea. can you put that up on the screen, if you would, the poll? 35% disagree, so almost 60% now think the president's probably on the right track. juan, i mean, given his...
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it's as if president obama, sometime last summer, put a sign on the white house lawn saying, closed for business until after the election. well, now we're well after the election, and the problems that have been waiting are stacked up. and i'd start with iran. there have been quiet conversations going on all fall with the people who purport to be intermediaries, emissaries for the iranian leadership sketching possible deals that could be made to resolve the nuclear issue. president obama and his advisers are going to have to decide over the next, i'd say, month or so how serious those deals are. i think it's possible in addition to a big meeting of the so-called p-5 plus one negotiating group and its major powers including the u.s. plus iran that there may be possibly secret bilateral explorations between u.s. and iranian representative just to see what kind of deal is possible. what kind of deal with satisfy the u.s. and israel that iran won't have a bomb and won't have the capability to break out to having one. so that's got to be resolved early in the new year or the u.s. warnings th
it's as if president obama, sometime last summer, put a sign on the white house lawn saying, closed for business until after the election. well, now we're well after the election, and the problems that have been waiting are stacked up. and i'd start with iran. there have been quiet conversations going on all fall with the people who purport to be intermediaries, emissaries for the iranian leadership sketching possible deals that could be made to resolve the nuclear issue. president obama and...
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this evening with president obama. i'm not going to ask you what you think he's going to say. i'm going to ask you if you were going tonight, what would you say to the president? >> well, the first thing i would say is thank you to the president for asking business leaders to spend time with him and his cabinet to talk about the issues that are facing us. we think that's a great move by our president. and then i'd be responsive to the questions that would come my way. >> carol tome, thank you for joining us. hope to see you again on cnbc. >> thanks, brian. >> take care. >>> one guest down, many more to come. coming up, we've got the ceo of newell rubbermaid, the mayor of atlanta, and arthur blank. billionaire co-founder of home depot and the owner of atlanta falcons is our special guest as our recovery road trip ends with the number one city for the smas stock market for the past year -- hot-lanta, georgia. >>> there can be only one number one. the city with the third most fortune 500 companies in the country has the s
this evening with president obama. i'm not going to ask you what you think he's going to say. i'm going to ask you if you were going tonight, what would you say to the president? >> well, the first thing i would say is thank you to the president for asking business leaders to spend time with him and his cabinet to talk about the issues that are facing us. we think that's a great move by our president. and then i'd be responsive to the questions that would come my way. >> carol tome,...
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president obama offered his optimism at an event with middle-class americans who'd be hit by any tax increase. >> i'm glad to see-- if you've been reading the papers lately-- - that more and more republicans in congress seem to be agreeing with this idea that we should have a balanced approach. so if both parties agree we should not raise taxes on middle class families, let's begin our work with where we agree. >> brown: one such lawmaker is republican house member tom cole of oklahoma. the journal "politico" reported he's urging colleagues to extend middle class tax cuts but allow tax rates for top earners to rise for now. that's what the president wants, but republican leaders have called for raising revenues by closing loopholes and capping deductions. and this morning, house speaker john boehner said he'd reinforced that position to congressman cole. >> you're not going to grow the economy if you raise tax rates on the top two rates. it'll hurt small businesses, it'll hurt our economy, it's why it's not the right approach. we're willing to put revenue on the table as long as we'r
president obama offered his optimism at an event with middle-class americans who'd be hit by any tax increase. >> i'm glad to see-- if you've been reading the papers lately-- - that more and more republicans in congress seem to be agreeing with this idea that we should have a balanced approach. so if both parties agree we should not raise taxes on middle class families, let's begin our work with where we agree. >> brown: one such lawmaker is republican house member tom cole of...
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jenna: president obama sitting down for lunch at the white house with his former rival governor romney. more on that next. scientists say they can predict in newborns. we'll tell you what it is. a tire filing smash-and-grab robbery all caught on tape. it is all "happening now". jenna: this thursday we're awaiting a big meeting at the white house. we're glad you're with us, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall? jenna: wonder what is on the menu? jon: i guess we'll find out. president obama making good on campaign promise as he gears up for a sit down with governor romney, the first meeting since the election. the private luncheon set to begin hour and a half from now. white house correspondent ed henry is live. what is on the agenda, ed, do we know? >> reporter: white house officials say this will be a bit more personal. not necessarily a lot of business conducted in terms of fiscal talks and what not. they believe obviously this is the first time they have gotten together not just since the election but since the debate in boca raton, florida, over a
jenna: president obama sitting down for lunch at the white house with his former rival governor romney. more on that next. scientists say they can predict in newborns. we'll tell you what it is. a tire filing smash-and-grab robbery all caught on tape. it is all "happening now". jenna: this thursday we're awaiting a big meeting at the white house. we're glad you're with us, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall? jenna: wonder what is on the menu? jon:...
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bill: you wonder if the white house will get its way and if so how much of this. republicans too have been cracking this door a little bit. peter king said over the weekend for instance if i was in congress in 1941 with refrpbl reference to the pledge you made i would have signed a war against japan. i'm not going to attack japan today. the world has changed and the economic situation is different. that from peter kin. about is make it clear, what raising revenues and not tax rates. just on the surface, why do you believe that the door is starting to crack a little bit? why are republicans talking this way? >> two things, the people who are saying that they might vote for a tax increase that bush got talked into in 1990 for return for make believe spending cuts are the same people who said this two years ago, this is a complete media-created frenzy. peter king said this two years ago, lindsey graham said this two years ago. chamblis of georgia said this two years ago. they said all these things all during the negotiations where they tried to undermine where john b
bill: you wonder if the white house will get its way and if so how much of this. republicans too have been cracking this door a little bit. peter king said over the weekend for instance if i was in congress in 1941 with refrpbl reference to the pledge you made i would have signed a war against japan. i'm not going to attack japan today. the world has changed and the economic situation is different. that from peter kin. about is make it clear, what raising revenues and not tax rates. just on the...
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this has been medifacts for boost®. >>> house speaker john boehner says the country can't afford obama care. joining me for today's strategy session our cnn contributor and democratic strategist donna brazile and senior kriblt tor and editor and chief of redstate.com, erick erickson. thanks for coming in especially on the day after thanksgiving. erick, i want to begin with you. house speaker john boehner wrote this "we can't afford to leave the president's health care law in tact. that's why i've been clear the law has to stay on the table as both parties discuss ways to solve our nation's massive debt challenge." where after this election does the house speaker if you will get the political capital to take this tact? >> well, at first, i have to point out, it's not just the day after thanksgiving, this is during the lsu game that donna and i are here. >> go tigers. >> arkansas. yes, the big game. now as to john boehner, the issue here is many of the states are opting out of state exchanges. there was a quirk when they passed the law nancy pelosi said you have to pass the law to find o
this has been medifacts for boost®. >>> house speaker john boehner says the country can't afford obama care. joining me for today's strategy session our cnn contributor and democratic strategist donna brazile and senior kriblt tor and editor and chief of redstate.com, erick erickson. thanks for coming in especially on the day after thanksgiving. erick, i want to begin with you. house speaker john boehner wrote this "we can't afford to leave the president's health care law in...
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meanwhile the white house says president obama called house speaker john boehner and harry reid this weekend for avoid efforts on fiscal cliff. on wednesday president obama will seek more input from top ceos, including gold man's lloyd blankfein and caterpillar's doug owner hill man. a number will travel to washington to try to reach a deficit cutting deal as part of the fix the debt campaign. so all things fiscal cliff still pre-dominate. we have a time clock that's quickly running out. how important is it that we get an agreement before the end of the year? >> this is like the debt ceiling argument. people got into a panic. that's something we even imposed on ourselves to decide that the debt shouldn't go too high. so it's not a bad thing. same with the fiscal cliff. what are we saying with the fiscal cliff? we're saying the economy might be revealed to be what it's actually doing because we'll take away the artificial supports because we think it's held any enough now to maybe after itself. that might entail a step drop because at the moment we're giving these tax breaks, but we'r
meanwhile the white house says president obama called house speaker john boehner and harry reid this weekend for avoid efforts on fiscal cliff. on wednesday president obama will seek more input from top ceos, including gold man's lloyd blankfein and caterpillar's doug owner hill man. a number will travel to washington to try to reach a deficit cutting deal as part of the fix the debt campaign. so all things fiscal cliff still pre-dominate. we have a time clock that's quickly running out. how...
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obama will be making remarks on the fiscal cliff situation. what they're doing to have a bunch of middle-class americans at the white house making $250,000 or less in what they're trying to do is showcase these are the people affected if the tax cuts for families under 250 are not extended. dagen: asking americans to take to twitter and other social media to voice their concerns. shibani joshi has more on that. >> we're waiting on the president using every form of media he can to push his agenda on the fiscal cliff issue. taking the social meeting even before he gets up on television and speak pushing on twitter and other websites including the whitehouse.gov. this new hash tag on twitter to spark a dialogue about the proposed tax cut extensions. the hash tag is my two k. alluding to the $200,000 in tax increases the middle class could avoid if the tax cuts aren't extended. taking to twitter to get to be talking about what this debate and the $2200 could mean for them and obviously gaining support for the agenda. we're already getting tons of
obama will be making remarks on the fiscal cliff situation. what they're doing to have a bunch of middle-class americans at the white house making $250,000 or less in what they're trying to do is showcase these are the people affected if the tax cuts for families under 250 are not extended. dagen: asking americans to take to twitter and other social media to voice their concerns. shibani joshi has more on that. >> we're waiting on the president using every form of media he can to push his...
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justify it, in part by playing down the fact that president obama and democrats got a significant boost from voters. >> in politics, there is always a temptation among those who win office to think that they have a mandate to do what they will. >> i don't think so, because they also reelected the house republicans. so whether people intend it or not, we have got divided government. >> the american people have also made clear that there is no mandate for raising tax rates. >> keeping them honest, president obama campaigned and won on letting taxes go up for the top earners. so his victory throws a little cold water on that claim. democrats gained seats in the senate and the house, and recent cnn polling shows that more than two in three people support tax hikes for the wealthy. it is a reality that republicans will be dealing with from now until new year's day. joining us now, congressman tom cole from oklahoma. he is a republican, thank you for joining us. >> well, thank you. >> you're proposal that republicans should agree with democrats in extending the tax breaks for those making 250
justify it, in part by playing down the fact that president obama and democrats got a significant boost from voters. >> in politics, there is always a temptation among those who win office to think that they have a mandate to do what they will. >> i don't think so, because they also reelected the house republicans. so whether people intend it or not, we have got divided government. >> the american people have also made clear that there is no mandate for raising tax rates....
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thankful that john boehner was re-elected as speaker of the house. and vice versa, if you're psyched about john boehner, you're probably not psyched about president obama. but there is one thing about the re-election of both of these men that i think is maybe worth being thankful for. i am thankful that john boehner forever and president obama may be only recently, these two men have been willing to show emotion in public. to be big, tough, american leaders of the highest order, right? both of them in positions where they really answer to no one but the voters. and they are willing to be seen shedding a tear, without shame. i am thankful for that in our national american leadership. i am thankful that the brilliant bbc series, "house of cards," about the most evil politician ever, a mini series that i've watched a million times and i've been addicted to for years, i am happy, i am thankful, i am thankful that "house of cards" is being remade by kevin spacey and it comes out in february. i'm thankful for nbc white house producer, shauna thomas, who se
thankful that john boehner was re-elected as speaker of the house. and vice versa, if you're psyched about john boehner, you're probably not psyched about president obama. but there is one thing about the re-election of both of these men that i think is maybe worth being thankful for. i am thankful that john boehner forever and president obama may be only recently, these two men have been willing to show emotion in public. to be big, tough, american leaders of the highest order, right? both of...
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one of the big differences in the campaigns was that obama decided to build this team in house whereas republicans and romney outsourced it to the traditional political vendors who do this sort of thing for campaigns. who are frankly we can now see a generation or so behind where the democrats are. and so what i wanted to do was sort of take a look at the science behind this sort of thing and what it was that they had done that worked. i'm sure that's something that republicans are going to be looking at, too. >> it's a fascinating point that the demographic makeup of the people that are driving technology by nature are going to be democrats. >> we had them at the rnc when i was chairman. they are there. you just have to go out and get them and bring them in. they didn't. >> i want to know what the michael steele "hell yeah i love obamacare" equivalent is. i think that should come up. we'll give you a break to think about it, michael, we'll put you back in charge. >> as donny deutsch can tell you, the casual hey subject line, it's the same one certain adult websites use to lure you in.
one of the big differences in the campaigns was that obama decided to build this team in house whereas republicans and romney outsourced it to the traditional political vendors who do this sort of thing for campaigns. who are frankly we can now see a generation or so behind where the democrats are. and so what i wanted to do was sort of take a look at the science behind this sort of thing and what it was that they had done that worked. i'm sure that's something that republicans are going to be...
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there was a headline crossing from the "wall street journal" saying that president obama and house speaker boehner did speak about the fiscal cliff over the weekend. the market took back a couple of points there. really nothing dramatic. declines today very broad-based and they have helped to push the s&p 500 below that 1,400 mark today. of course, they are waiting on a greek deal, could give a lift to the markets, maybe this afternoon and, of course, a lack of news other than those headlines that just crossed about the fiscal cliff. a bit of a concern as we came in to today's session. also interesting to note that the retail sector is weak today. this after the reports that looked like trading over the -- or i should say sales over the start of the holiday shopping season were fairly strong. we have some of the higher end retailers actually leading the retreat among the retailers that we are seeing. keep in mind, the white house did put out a paper saying how the middle class would be impacted in the event we went over the fiscal cliff and how some of those retailers would, as well. the e
there was a headline crossing from the "wall street journal" saying that president obama and house speaker boehner did speak about the fiscal cliff over the weekend. the market took back a couple of points there. really nothing dramatic. declines today very broad-based and they have helped to push the s&p 500 below that 1,400 mark today. of course, they are waiting on a greek deal, could give a lift to the markets, maybe this afternoon and, of course, a lack of news other than...
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president obama and romney's white house lunch was the topic of the day. charmaine says, it's great that they can meet. syed said, this is an awesome display of shake of hands of bipartisan relations. we hope. it didn't take long for the photo shoppers to make their own colorful edits to the picture. we can only imagine what big bird would have said to these two. weapon want to hear what you think about the lunch or anything that's on your mind. head over to "politicsnation" and "like" us to join the conversation that's going on long after the show ends. [ male announcer ] introducing... a new way to save on your prescriptions. it's the aarp medicarerx saver plus plan from unitedhealthcare. with this plan, you can get copays as low as a dollar through a preferred network pharmacy like walgreens -- where you'll find 8,000 convenient locations. best of all, this plan has the lowest part d premium in the united states -- only $15 a month. open enrollment ends december 7th. so call today or visit your local walgreens. >>> on election day, the american people m
president obama and romney's white house lunch was the topic of the day. charmaine says, it's great that they can meet. syed said, this is an awesome display of shake of hands of bipartisan relations. we hope. it didn't take long for the photo shoppers to make their own colorful edits to the picture. we can only imagine what big bird would have said to these two. weapon want to hear what you think about the lunch or anything that's on your mind. head over to "politicsnation" and...
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was meeting with the republicans at blair house. so everything sort of came together for us then. you know, the moment was bart stupak and the public option. it felt like history happening all over again. and it seems to me that it's essential, you know, accepting compromise is essential because it advances us in terms of actually being able to cover more americans and giving us health care. it also shows it's possible to breakthrough barriers that we thought were, you know, i mean the idea that this first-term president, first-term african-american president was going to go to health care which supposedly undone, was an astonishing thing, everybody said it was a big mistake and he did it. and i think the election was a referendum on -- >> you're both health care who watched this unfold. you're an actual doctor, a provider, and someone who drew up the original plan for the public option. and now we have passed it, what is the way that you go back and think about that process? >> well, you know, i guess the -- as politicians will tel
was meeting with the republicans at blair house. so everything sort of came together for us then. you know, the moment was bart stupak and the public option. it felt like history happening all over again. and it seems to me that it's essential, you know, accepting compromise is essential because it advances us in terms of actually being able to cover more americans and giving us health care. it also shows it's possible to breakthrough barriers that we thought were, you know, i mean the idea...
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where republican-controlled house puts a real damper on anything transformational. any progress that requires both house and senate approval is likely to be incremental and driven by unique political argument. such as the current imperative that republicans agree to some form of immigration reform. less they truly morph into a party of angry white men. or the current obligation to compromise in fiscal issues as we face the austerity bomb set to detonate on january 1. the reality of split government puts a premium on creativity within the administration. first, putting the right people in charge of the agencies and then pushing the bounds of administrative power to change the law and policy through those agencies wherever possible. don't despair. other than healthcare, some of the administration's most important first term accomplishments may fall into this category. for instance, a decision not to deport teenagers effectively implementing without legislative approval, the dream act. support for same-sex marriage and the substantial increase in cafe standards for aut
where republican-controlled house puts a real damper on anything transformational. any progress that requires both house and senate approval is likely to be incremental and driven by unique political argument. such as the current imperative that republicans agree to some form of immigration reform. less they truly morph into a party of angry white men. or the current obligation to compromise in fiscal issues as we face the austerity bomb set to detonate on january 1. the reality of split...
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obama double down. >> the united states government had nothing to do with the video. i believe its message must be rejected by all who respect our common humanity. >> white house briefing spokesman jay carney was pushed for explanation. >> what your questions seems to suggest is that it is more important that i or others use talking point provideed by the intelligence community, than what happened in benghazi. >> a congressional memo by fox news said the al-qaeda affiliated terrorists were involved in benghazi and assault on embassies in yemen and tunisia. senior fellow suggested terrorist attacks on 9/11 were not isolated events but were potentially linked. >> bret: big deal. we will continue to follow it. thank you. congressional negotiations going nowhere fast, president obama is appealing to a different constituency tonight in his bid to back away from the fiscal cliff. we have fox team coverage. chief washington correspondent james rosen is at the white house to tell us about the president's return to the campaign trail sort of. but we begin with the chief congre
obama double down. >> the united states government had nothing to do with the video. i believe its message must be rejected by all who respect our common humanity. >> white house briefing spokesman jay carney was pushed for explanation. >> what your questions seems to suggest is that it is more important that i or others use talking point provideed by the intelligence community, than what happened in benghazi. >> a congressional memo by fox news said the al-qaeda...
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. >> president obama has had an uphill battle and speaker of the house boehner try to get some of the problems straightened out. >> you blame him personally? >> i blame the republicans. >> it's important to remember yesterday we were naked inside so we got the taepattention, bu hundreds of people with aids marching around and started their march at the democratic national committee. we couldn't march that fall in the freezing cold rain for people who are sick from the white house over to boehner's office, but the democratic national committee is where we started the march. we absolutely know that it's very possible that democrats will sell us out and will put through -- they're talking about swapping out cuts to medicaid. medicaid has been struggling for so many years. it's important to remember that people with aids have been stripped naked by budget cuts for really a decade. actually decades. these are not new cuts. medicaid and new york state has been struggling, borrowing from other states, from the government. >> you're really worried about what's going to happen as we go over th
. >> president obama has had an uphill battle and speaker of the house boehner try to get some of the problems straightened out. >> you blame him personally? >> i blame the republicans. >> it's important to remember yesterday we were naked inside so we got the taepattention, bu hundreds of people with aids marching around and started their march at the democratic national committee. we couldn't march that fall in the freezing cold rain for people who are sick from the...
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obama to move forward in preserving the tax rates for the middle-class. as the chairman just said, for everyone, including warren buffett, ross perot -- they would get tax relief for the first $250,000 of their income as well. you hear some republicans calling this pledge handcuffs that keep them from moving forward. we would hope in the short periodically have before december 31, we would not let a pledge to a special interest supersede the pledge of allegiance to make to our country. finally, once again, the american people are way ahead of the politicians. the american people by two- thirds agree with president obama that we must have a balanced approach to solving deficit issues and moving toward economic growth and job creation. two-thirds. if they were a vote by the american public today, there would be a landslide in favor of providing for the 2% wealthiest americans to pay a little more in taxes to help them get to the point of a balanced approach. a landslide victory. including republicans in america who agree with that. there is no reason to del
obama to move forward in preserving the tax rates for the middle-class. as the chairman just said, for everyone, including warren buffett, ross perot -- they would get tax relief for the first $250,000 of their income as well. you hear some republicans calling this pledge handcuffs that keep them from moving forward. we would hope in the short periodically have before december 31, we would not let a pledge to a special interest supersede the pledge of allegiance to make to our country. finally,...
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in an hour president obama meeting with mexico's president-elect at the white house to discuss border security, immigration and trade. we'll get a preview. a record powerball jackpot soars higher for tomorrow night's big drawing. we'll tell you how much it's worth now. it's a story around the "news nation" for you. check out the tumblr page. you find behind the scenes pictures. we have to update the picture, because today -- tomorrow they reveal the big tree. that scaffolding is no longer up. we'll take a new picture and have it updated for you in the break. oh, let me guess --ou see this? more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] wonder what other
in an hour president obama meeting with mexico's president-elect at the white house to discuss border security, immigration and trade. we'll get a preview. a record powerball jackpot soars higher for tomorrow night's big drawing. we'll tell you how much it's worth now. it's a story around the "news nation" for you. check out the tumblr page. you find behind the scenes pictures. we have to update the picture, because today -- tomorrow they reveal the big tree. that scaffolding is no...
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our dan lothian is watching the comings and goings at the white house. and at some point, dan, congress is going to have to either come together on this and work with the president on this, and yet we're seeing all these various different meetings all around the communities and the country. it looks like there's a particular strategy that's playing out when it comes to the president right now. >> reporter: that's right. a lot of negotiations have taken place in the staff -- on the staff level. the president himself did speak with speaker john boehner on the phone over the weekend. there was that meeting with the lawmakers, the leadership just before the president went overseas on his southeast asia trip. but so far, no additional meetings that we know of on the schedule for the president to sit down with congressional leadership to try to hammer this out. i can tell you that i spoke with an administration official who told me that treasury secretary timothy geithner will be playing a leading role in these live in negotiation negotiations -- fiscal cliff
our dan lothian is watching the comings and goings at the white house. and at some point, dan, congress is going to have to either come together on this and work with the president on this, and yet we're seeing all these various different meetings all around the communities and the country. it looks like there's a particular strategy that's playing out when it comes to the president right now. >> reporter: that's right. a lot of negotiations have taken place in the staff -- on the staff...
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meantime today president obama will be meeting with small business leaders. at issue of course is the series of tax increases and spending cuts that kick in at the end of the year if congress doesn't act. >> there will come a point in time where we can't borrow anymore money and interest rates will sky rocket. >> cnbc's raise above campaign continues. we're asking who has the courage to rise above partisan politics and find a solution. among our guests, three men who understand washington, wall street and corporate america very well. we have the chairman of president george w. bush's council of economic adviser, ed lazear, roger altman, and real estate tycoon don peebles. but let's cover this morning's top headlines. >>> we do have a lot in the corporate headlines this morning including equity residential and avalon bay communities agreeing to buy archstone from lehman brothers holdings. the price tag, about $6.5 billion in cash and stock. the deal gives lehman cash to help pay its creditors as it liquidates. but it paid $22 billion for this company originall
meantime today president obama will be meeting with small business leaders. at issue of course is the series of tax increases and spending cuts that kick in at the end of the year if congress doesn't act. >> there will come a point in time where we can't borrow anymore money and interest rates will sky rocket. >> cnbc's raise above campaign continues. we're asking who has the courage to rise above partisan politics and find a solution. among our guests, three men who understand...
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aides say president obama spoke with the house speaker john boehner and the senate majority leader harry reid over the weekend. and the president is confident they can work out some sort of agreement. mike emanuel on fox top story live in the d.c. newsroom tonight. mike, it looks like some republicans are changing their tunes. >> shep, republicans say they favor both major spending cuts and additional revenue from tax reform with lower tax rates. the pledge you mentioned is identified with americans for tax reforms grover norquist who has gotten many republicans to promise they won't vote to raise taxes. south carolina senator lindsey graham is pushing back saying capping deductions would help generate revenue. the top republic on the senate budget committee explained graham's position. >> he is conditioning any tax increase on fixing these programs, social security and medicare, particularly in making sure that they are sound for the future. so that's lindsey's position. and he has talked about accepting revenue to accomplish that goal. >> republicans continue saying they don't want to
aides say president obama spoke with the house speaker john boehner and the senate majority leader harry reid over the weekend. and the president is confident they can work out some sort of agreement. mike emanuel on fox top story live in the d.c. newsroom tonight. mike, it looks like some republicans are changing their tunes. >> shep, republicans say they favor both major spending cuts and additional revenue from tax reform with lower tax rates. the pledge you mentioned is identified...
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>> we expect president obama to invite congressional leaders back to the white house in the coming days. you remember he had them here last week. they came out and struck this rare tone of bipartisanship. a lot of peel thought it was a sign of things moving in the right direction, that they could get a deal struck in a timely fashion. since then congressional aides have been trying to put meat on the bones of the deal and we are told republicans' starting offer really is not that different from where they were before the election. they are still basically saying that they want to keep the bush-era tax cuts where they are, which is completely the opposite of democrats want, which is to let the bush-era tax cuts expire for the wealthiest americans. republicans talking about reforming entitlements. you have harry reid saying he is not open to reforming specifically social security. there may be some wiggle room on some of the other entitlements, but things are off to a rocky start with house speaker john boehner writing an editorial saying he thinks the president's health care plan should
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president obama said at the time -- in 2005 we had a president bush in the white house. the republicans controlled the senate and the house. the only way of stopping certain legislation at the time was in some cases to filibuster. the legislation or in many cases president bush's judicial nominees. and there was discussion -- there was discussion among republicans about getting rid of the filibuster it was never meant for this purpose. let's blow it up. let many get rid of it. and at the time this is what then senator obama said. everyone in this chamber the senate knows if the majority chooses to end the filibuster, then the fighting, birthsmen and gridlock will only get worse. i know republicans are getting lot of pressure to do this. we need to rise above the ends justify the means to all the people, not just those wearing our particular party label. times have changes. >> hare said that would be a sheer act of quote brute force. so they obviously changed their position. and they are changing their position when since 1917, the filibuster as we know it has been in eff
president obama said at the time -- in 2005 we had a president bush in the white house. the republicans controlled the senate and the house. the only way of stopping certain legislation at the time was in some cases to filibuster. the legislation or in many cases president bush's judicial nominees. and there was discussion -- there was discussion among republicans about getting rid of the filibuster it was never meant for this purpose. let's blow it up. let many get rid of it. and at the time...
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representatives that tore apart obama care. as even the president calls it now. they didn't go anywhere in the senate and meanwhile, alex, after the thanksgiving break, the principles are expected to get back together to begin negotiating in earnest. as you're right the clock is ticking. just a little bit more than one month to go before the nation heads over that fiscal cliff. al alex? >> 38 days and counting. thanks so much. let's go from the white house to the middle east now. palestinians and israelis are keeping a cease-fire alive. but many call the truce extremely fragile. an attempted border breach threatened the calm yesterday. israeli forces shot and killed a palestinian man. he was one of hundreds testing israeli security at the border. nbc's martin fletcher is live for us in tel aviv. good saturday morning to you, martin. can this shooting jeopardize the cease-fire? and then when does the next phase begin? >> alex, good morning to you, too. i think you've used the right word, testing the cease-fire. i don't think it
representatives that tore apart obama care. as even the president calls it now. they didn't go anywhere in the senate and meanwhile, alex, after the thanksgiving break, the principles are expected to get back together to begin negotiating in earnest. as you're right the clock is ticking. just a little bit more than one month to go before the nation heads over that fiscal cliff. al alex? >> 38 days and counting. thanks so much. let's go from the white house to the middle east now....
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but politically, i'm wondering what's at stake for hillary clinton and for this white house that seems to be approaching the middle east process differently than it did in the first term. >> well, if you look ahead to the next four years of obama's second term, it's clear that the middle east is going to be a region that is going to be very much on his mind between what's going on in gaza, libya, syria, and of course the whole situation with iran and the nuclear weapons there that they're trying to build there. this is a situation where all these things are tied together. hamas clearly feels emboldened by some of the changes in leadership in the arab world that came from the arab spring. and the u.s. is in this position where they are standing by israel, very clearly they have said that they support israel's right to defend itself. hillary clinton has met with the palestinian leader weather the egyptian president, with the israeli prime minister but not with hamas. that's going to continue to reverberate in the way that the president has dealings with the arab world going forward from
but politically, i'm wondering what's at stake for hillary clinton and for this white house that seems to be approaching the middle east process differently than it did in the first term. >> well, if you look ahead to the next four years of obama's second term, it's clear that the middle east is going to be a region that is going to be very much on his mind between what's going on in gaza, libya, syria, and of course the whole situation with iran and the nuclear weapons there that they're...
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the hope, that the coalition that put president obama back in office will help him ramp up the pressure on congress to make a deal. joining me now, chris van hollen and also a member of the house budget committee, congressman, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, craig. great to be with you. >> the national journal reporting that the president could hold events related to the cliff this week. what are you hearing? >> well, i think that's right. i don't think anything has been settled. there have been on going conversations, but obviously the discussion will heat up this week now that the thanksgiving is behind us. >> what does the white house hope to accomplish with these types of events? >> well, look, this was not a side issue in the campaign. throughout the last presidential campaign the president made very clear that his number one focus was jobs and the economy and also having a long-term plan to reduce the deficit in a balanced way and that means in addition to cuts you would also have revenue, revenue that you get by asking higher income earners to pay a little bit more to
the hope, that the coalition that put president obama back in office will help him ramp up the pressure on congress to make a deal. joining me now, chris van hollen and also a member of the house budget committee, congressman, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, craig. great to be with you. >> the national journal reporting that the president could hold events related to the cliff this week. what are you hearing? >> well, i think that's right. i don't think anything has...
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president obama urges middle-class voters at the white house to press congress for tax hikes on the rich. >> i can only do it with the help of the american people, tweet using #my 2 k, e-mail, post it on a member of congress's facebook wall. do what it takes to communicate a sense of urgency. >> on the other side of pennsylvania avenue, john boehner says he thinks there is a way to avoid that cliff. >> it's time for the president and democrats to get serious about the spending problem that our country has, but i'm optimistic we can continue to work together to avert this crisis and sooner rather than later. >> and look who's coming to lunch. mitt romney will break bread with the president at the white house tomorrow. >> pledge of allegiance, anti-tax crusader grover norquist warns republicans against breaking their promise. >> it is possible if the republicans lose in such a way they've got their fingerprints on the murder weapon, then you have a problem. bush couldn't run again in '92 successfully because he had his fingerprints on a very bad deal, bad on spending and bad on taxes and h
president obama urges middle-class voters at the white house to press congress for tax hikes on the rich. >> i can only do it with the help of the american people, tweet using #my 2 k, e-mail, post it on a member of congress's facebook wall. do what it takes to communicate a sense of urgency. >> on the other side of pennsylvania avenue, john boehner says he thinks there is a way to avoid that cliff. >> it's time for the president and democrats to get serious about the spending...
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now president obama is not backing down. the white house has confirmed it's still considering promoting rice and last week the president said if mccain and graham want to go after someone, they should go after him. rice was not exactly a household name during obama's first term. but all this heat from the political players is drawing some media fire. "the new york times" maureen dowd has knocked rice as an unsavvy washington player. while the "times" editorial page came out with an endorsing of the ambassador announcing it's time to leave rice alone. jonathan capehart one of the interesting things about this debate there's a lot of talk about what susan rice has done, specifically about libya, and then there's sort of this vague idea that republicans can stop the president no matter what. take a look at something, we talked about 97 republicans in the house oppose rice. ten of them won't even make it to january when we probably have a vote in the second term. but when you look at the people who have a vote under the constitu
now president obama is not backing down. the white house has confirmed it's still considering promoting rice and last week the president said if mccain and graham want to go after someone, they should go after him. rice was not exactly a household name during obama's first term. but all this heat from the political players is drawing some media fire. "the new york times" maureen dowd has knocked rice as an unsavvy washington player. while the "times" editorial page came out...
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. >> well, we know today that president obama meets with small business leaders. what does the white house think will happen to the middle class if that deal isn't reached? >> reporter: well, the white house is concerned about the spending power of the middle class. they came out with a report yesterday that essentially said consumer spending is going to take a $200 billion hit if we don't get away from this fiscal cliff, if we don't pass these tax rates. in other words, the extra $2200 that they calculate every middle class family is going to have to pay in taxes next year is $2200 less that they'll have to spend and boost the economy. >> exactly. everyone might turn a little more conservative with their spending, at least this holiday season. whose side do you think the public is on? >> reporter: well, it depends on who you ask. now, there is a new survey out that says 65% of the public agrees with republicans saying we shouldn't raise tax rates, we should instead close up these loopholes and limit tax deductions. but keep in mind the winston group is also heade
. >> well, we know today that president obama meets with small business leaders. what does the white house think will happen to the middle class if that deal isn't reached? >> reporter: well, the white house is concerned about the spending power of the middle class. they came out with a report yesterday that essentially said consumer spending is going to take a $200 billion hit if we don't get away from this fiscal cliff, if we don't pass these tax rates. in other words, the extra...
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listing things obama once, the house of not for them, list the things the republicans want and obama is not for them and harry reid is not for the. at the state level -- you think taxing high income people does not affect growth? we are having an experiment. california. it is called maryland. i don't see any reason why we do not wait two years and see how california is doing with their new higher marginal tax rates on folks. and sales taxes on middle income people as well. illinois raising income taxes and sales taxes and maryland's -- a millionaire's tax for those -- they cannot leave because they are federal workers -- and those making a million dollars and walk across the border. they are testing obama's theories in the states. i think they should do it on a small state like vermont first and see how it works. but they wanted to california so we are doing california. texas and florida will give you an idea of how you can govern without an income tax -- not a 13% income-tax. people move. the kind of know what will happen -- indiana passed right to work, cutting taxes, giving half t
listing things obama once, the house of not for them, list the things the republicans want and obama is not for them and harry reid is not for the. at the state level -- you think taxing high income people does not affect growth? we are having an experiment. california. it is called maryland. i don't see any reason why we do not wait two years and see how california is doing with their new higher marginal tax rates on folks. and sales taxes on middle income people as well. illinois raising...
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it got him out of trouble in the white house, it got him in trouble with leaving the white house, and now is the most popular guy in the world. something, you know. barack obama really from the time he left honolulu at age 18 to go to college until the time he went to harvard law school, nine years by the pretty intensely try to resolve the contradictions that live there at him. in a way that every teenager and college kids sort of is searching for such into the. >> she had a lot more contradiction the night. >> to the extent that it is humanly possible he became what i would call it pointedly integrated person which up given the confidence to get to the white house and get him in trouble in the white house. can document because he came in thinking, well, if i can resolve the contradiction is that life threat me, why can't congress, like the rest of the world? it gave him this sense of exceptional as an. announcing he is a completely nice person, but that hurt him a little bit. >> only really in 2011. i mean, in 2009 and 2010i think that the record is underestimated by people and
it got him out of trouble in the white house, it got him in trouble with leaving the white house, and now is the most popular guy in the world. something, you know. barack obama really from the time he left honolulu at age 18 to go to college until the time he went to harvard law school, nine years by the pretty intensely try to resolve the contradictions that live there at him. in a way that every teenager and college kids sort of is searching for such into the. >> she had a lot more...
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happy thanksgiving. >> gregg: president obama and house speaker john beern is set to meet again to try to, boehner to s try to avoid spending cuts. how close are they to striking a deal. >> heather: a live look at tahrir square a day after morsi granted himself near absolute power that led to this. [ speaking arabic ] now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner with health care professionals who understand the difference that quality time with our members can make... that's a very nice cake! ohh! [ giggles ] [ male announcer ] humana thanks the physicians, nurses, hospitals, pharmacists and other health professionals who helped us achieve the highest average star rating among national medicare companies... and become the first and only national medicare advantage company to achieve a 5-star rating for a medicare plan... your efforts result in the quality of care and service we're able to provide... which means better health outcomes... and more quality time to share w
happy thanksgiving. >> gregg: president obama and house speaker john beern is set to meet again to try to, boehner to s try to avoid spending cuts. how close are they to striking a deal. >> heather: a live look at tahrir square a day after morsi granted himself near absolute power that led to this. [ speaking arabic ] now we need a little bit more... [ male announcer ] at humana, we understand the value of quality time and personal attention. which is why we are proud to partner...
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not at the white house. it seemed like that was the beginning, potentially of two leaders really working together. we have since seen that deteriorate. >> we can't judge personal kem tri. i think barack obama has more at stake in this lunch in the end than mitt romney. if obama can get romney to say something positive about moving a health care agenda forward after all obama care was built on the backs of romney care. if he can say something about the fiscal cliff, the president can gain some bipartisan credibility. it's also the right thing to do. the real tradition of this is started in 1960 with kennedy meeting nixon in florida, and since then it's pretty much pro forma. what is 50-50 is whether a friendship gets developed out of this kind of lunch. >> this is the kind of thing that we take for granted in the united states. you really have to think about it, when there is no peaceful transition. >> well, you know, i recently wrote about the kennedy assassination, and it's amazing. here our president was k
not at the white house. it seemed like that was the beginning, potentially of two leaders really working together. we have since seen that deteriorate. >> we can't judge personal kem tri. i think barack obama has more at stake in this lunch in the end than mitt romney. if obama can get romney to say something positive about moving a health care agenda forward after all obama care was built on the backs of romney care. if he can say something about the fiscal cliff, the president can gain...
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we also need to be wary of cutting spending on the platform, cuts in programs of obama's platform. host: do you think the states should use their line of communication of congress or the white house? caller: i think we need to trust the congress and believe that we have elected them to do the state's business and trust them to do it. host: let's go to mike. caller: i think the states already have several budgets to their elected officials. if the governor wants to have a say on the budget, get a hold of their elected officials, their congressman, bring them to the governor's office and laid the lot down to them on what the what the congressman to go back and portray in washington. host: let's hear what marie has to say on the independent line. caller: i think only the blue states should have a say because the blue states contribute overwhelmingly more money to the federal government. the red states tend to be more petty minded and selfish, anyway. the blue states give them money. let them do with their little money they get. i will lead the blue states -- all of the blue states nee
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president obama and mitt romney will meet for a private lunch at the white house. it's the first meeting between the two since their last debate. president obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month, he would meet with romney following their bitter campaign. the two men will have lunch in the private dining room of the white house.. during the washington trip-- mr. romney is also scheduled to meet with former runningmate congressman paul ryan. todays storm in the bay .. actually affected people alldozens of flights were cancelled at the san francisco international.. also, a prosecutors say, a as an adult after being both those stories... coming up as kron 4 news continues! >>jacqueline: the rainfall has pushed to the east with even more details on the storm's coming up. ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. (male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> w
president obama and mitt romney will meet for a private lunch at the white house. it's the first meeting between the two since their last debate. president obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month, he would meet with romney following their bitter campaign. the two men will have lunch in the private dining room of the white house.. during the washington trip-- mr. romney is also scheduled to meet with former runningmate congressman paul ryan. todays storm in the bay .. actually...
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caucuses from the house democrats the progressive caucus budget, what they've dubbed the people's budget and use that to anchor himself in the negotiations. i mean every time the republicans win an election, you know, they pull everything hard to the right. >> stephanie: i think the problem is you know, now they can't. i think now he's well-positioned to be able to do that. he raises a good point about just -- at least he has a plan. it was a really bad plan. why do you get credit for that? you're missing a hitler analogy. at least hitler had a plan. [ buzzer ] it was a big bold, courageous plan. that paul ryan budget. yes, it was. tomorrow, steven webber. >> in studio. >> stephanie: live with us on "the stephanie miller show." we'll see you then.
caucuses from the house democrats the progressive caucus budget, what they've dubbed the people's budget and use that to anchor himself in the negotiations. i mean every time the republicans win an election, you know, they pull everything hard to the right. >> stephanie: i think the problem is you know, now they can't. i think now he's well-positioned to be able to do that. he raises a good point about just -- at least he has a plan. it was a really bad plan. why do you get credit for...
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so, you know, and as obama keeps pointing out, more people support higher taxes on the rich than even supported obama himself. so the mandate here is clear. it's for higher taxes on the rich and it's not for messing around with entitlements right now. >> ryan grim, susan page, thanks. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> and we are keeping our eye out for you on ambassador susan rice to discuss her remarks on the benghazi consulate. she'll be meeting with john mccain, lindsey graham, and kelly ayott. we're keeping our eye on that and we will keep you posted. music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. information on my phone. connection to doctors who get where i'm from. and tools to estimate what my care may cost. so i never missed a beat. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> a state senator from idaho is now getting behind a plan that's been circulating on tea party b
so, you know, and as obama keeps pointing out, more people support higher taxes on the rich than even supported obama himself. so the mandate here is clear. it's for higher taxes on the rich and it's not for messing around with entitlements right now. >> ryan grim, susan page, thanks. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> and we are keeping our eye out for you on ambassador susan rice to discuss her remarks on the benghazi consulate. she'll be meeting with john mccain, lindsey...
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president obama visits mitt romney to the white house today and everyone is buzzing about it. could obama offer him a job? >> congratulations to someone. you just won the gdp of a small nation. not just one but two winning tickets in last night's record powerball drawing. we'll tell you where. >> and if they will be my best friend soon. we have a packed show. john ba, rasso, adam shif, rick warren, tom cole, connie and mary bono mack and steven holcomb. >> we have so many people coming up. it is thursday, november 2. "starting point" begins right now. >>> good morning, everyone. our starting point this morning, developments happening now in cairo. the u.s. embassy there is closed. no one is being allowed in or out as we speak. >> embassy officials say protesters are blocking the entrance and clashes are happening near nearby. reza sayah is nearby for us. what's happening? >> reporter: there is no indication protesters are targeting the u.s. em wibassy b it was closed as a precaution. these are protesters who clashed with police. these are the trouble-making elements, the teena
president obama visits mitt romney to the white house today and everyone is buzzing about it. could obama offer him a job? >> congratulations to someone. you just won the gdp of a small nation. not just one but two winning tickets in last night's record powerball drawing. we'll tell you where. >> and if they will be my best friend soon. we have a packed show. john ba, rasso, adam shif, rick warren, tom cole, connie and mary bono mack and steven holcomb. >> we have so many...
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over at the white house today, president obama is meeting with small business owners. at 12:30, jay carney will hold a press briefing and take questions from reporters. this afternoon, the president and vice president will meet with the mexican president who takes office december 1. the press briefing today at 12:30. on capitol hill, the house of representatives returns today at 2:00 p.m. eastern on their agenda this afternoon five bills including a measure requiring the department of a homeland security to report on security. later this week, a student visa program. also this week, the democratic leadership elections. that will be coming up later this week. live coverage of the house at 2:00 p.m. eastern. a number of senators have been meeting with u.n. ambassador susan rice in the wake of her comments following the attack on the benghazi consulate. just wrapping up is a brief news conference and statement with senators. here is a look. >> i had a very candid ambassador rice embassador ric and the deputy director of the cia. [inaudible] she said if it was a spontaneou
over at the white house today, president obama is meeting with small business owners. at 12:30, jay carney will hold a press briefing and take questions from reporters. this afternoon, the president and vice president will meet with the mexican president who takes office december 1. the press briefing today at 12:30. on capitol hill, the house of representatives returns today at 2:00 p.m. eastern on their agenda this afternoon five bills including a measure requiring the department of a...
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president obama met with top lawmakers including house speaker john boehner. both sides claim they are willing to compromise you they are at odds for tax increases for high-income earners. rick: a lot is at stake if no deal is reached in time. the national budget office claims the economy would be thrown back into a recession and increase unemployment by 2 million. the pentagon indicated cuts would devastate the country's economy. happy thanksgiving to you and your family. they have got to make a deal, don't they? >> they have to. you highlighted the congressional budget office estimates. if a deal is not made they estimate the first quarter of 2013 we would have a 4% dip in the overall economy. so that coupled with unemployment i think democrats and republicans have to come together to mold and fortify some plan, whether that be eliminating tax loopholes. cutting tax rates a bit. and, you know, cutting spending as well. rick: you mean raising tax rates? >> excuse me. raising tax rates. i think raising tax rates a bit will be okay for the overall marketplace a
president obama met with top lawmakers including house speaker john boehner. both sides claim they are willing to compromise you they are at odds for tax increases for high-income earners. rick: a lot is at stake if no deal is reached in time. the national budget office claims the economy would be thrown back into a recession and increase unemployment by 2 million. the pentagon indicated cuts would devastate the country's economy. happy thanksgiving to you and your family. they have got to make...
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at the white house today, president obama will host mitt romney for a private lunch. it's their first meeting since the election. and this his victory speech, obama promised to engage with romney and consider his ideas. >> a lot of people didn't think the lunch would ever happen. >> interesting if he's going to be talking about ideas, mitt romney's idea had been to reach some sort of a cap on it 00 mem deductions. >> he would have just extended the bush tax cuts and then the other stuff would have been -- but if romney had been elected, whether bad long term to extend them, that's one thing, but he would have extended -- this is a weird argument to be having to have everything hinging on on the 2% that are -- suddenly as i've said before, suddenly everybody loves the bush tax cuts. so weird. >> flips the tables on who likes what. >> it all goes back to the line in the band. obama first time around caved and his base never for gave him for extending the bush tax cuts when he said he wouldn't. >> maybe the republicans should be reconsidering the tough line that they dre
at the white house today, president obama will host mitt romney for a private lunch. it's their first meeting since the election. and this his victory speech, obama promised to engage with romney and consider his ideas. >> a lot of people didn't think the lunch would ever happen. >> interesting if he's going to be talking about ideas, mitt romney's idea had been to reach some sort of a cap on it 00 mem deductions. >> he would have just extended the bush tax cuts and then the...
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word that president obama will have lunch at the white house with his former rival, mitt romney. governor romney will be in town meeting with paul ryan. before the president's comments, house speaker john boehner and other republicans met with reporters saying they're willing to consider new sources of revenue as a solution to avoiding the fiscal cliff but will not consider raising marginal tax rates. this is about 10 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. in going over the fiscal cliff -- going over the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and hurt job creation in our country. republicans are committed to continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. it's one reason why we believe that we put revenue on the table, as long as it's accompanied by serious spending cuts to avert this crisis. we believe that this fits the president's request for a balanced approach to this issue. and we're going to continue to work with the president to try to resolve this in a way that is fair for the american people. we all know that we've had the spe
word that president obama will have lunch at the white house with his former rival, mitt romney. governor romney will be in town meeting with paul ryan. before the president's comments, house speaker john boehner and other republicans met with reporters saying they're willing to consider new sources of revenue as a solution to avoiding the fiscal cliff but will not consider raising marginal tax rates. this is about 10 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. in going over the fiscal cliff --...
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bill: power lunch at the white house, president obama having governor romney over for lunch. with all the drama and nail biting over that looming fiscal avalanche can we expect anything big to come out of it? doug schoen former adviser to bill clinton. monica crowley, fox news contributor. i it's the thing to do. you get a call. >> president obama has a pattern of inviting political opponents, business leaders to the white house for some sort of confab. what it kals end ends up being is a photo opportunity so he looks like he's extending himself to the opposition, he's bipartisan, and he is neither of those things. bill: would you accept that invite. >> i would accept in a heartbeat. bill: monica is saying nada on this. >> i would be more optimistic on this. we are groping for bi-partisanship. if governor romney has things to share and ways to bridge the fiscal cliff this is all good. bill: we went back to the vault to figure out what they are not going to talk about. we found this first of all, okay. i want you to listen to. roll it. >> i've been in business for 25 years. i
bill: power lunch at the white house, president obama having governor romney over for lunch. with all the drama and nail biting over that looming fiscal avalanche can we expect anything big to come out of it? doug schoen former adviser to bill clinton. monica crowley, fox news contributor. i it's the thing to do. you get a call. >> president obama has a pattern of inviting political opponents, business leaders to the white house for some sort of confab. what it kals end ends up being is a...
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it is from ash farms and has provided the white house tree each year since 1966. [instrumental of o christmas tree] ♪ >> first lady michelle obama, her daughters and their dog came out to watch the arrival. president obama was not on hand. he took advantage of the nice weather to play his first round of golf in several months. >> happy thanksgiving, everybody. >> i think we will take it. it is a go. it is good. we can have christmas now. well done. >> how does it look? >> it is gorgeous. it is perfect. we are going to take it. you all take care. >> here is some of what we have coming up for you today here on c-span. nobel laureate and burmese opposition leader aung san suu kyi excess the congressional gold medal, followed by another congressional gold medal ceremony with professional golfer arnold palmer. later, african-american photographers talk about the integrity of photojournalism. watch the history of the presidential appointment process at george mason university tonight at 9:00 eastern here on c-span. >> i can remember barack obama's speech in 2004. the
it is from ash farms and has provided the white house tree each year since 1966. [instrumental of o christmas tree] ♪ >> first lady michelle obama, her daughters and their dog came out to watch the arrival. president obama was not on hand. he took advantage of the nice weather to play his first round of golf in several months. >> happy thanksgiving, everybody. >> i think we will take it. it is a go. it is good. we can have christmas now. well done. >> how does it look?...
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bill: president obama meets later today with business leaders at the white house including the ceo's of home depot and coca-cola. on that agenda finding a balanced approach to reduce the nation's death and keep the economy growing. before the meeting mr. obama said to give a speech on the need to renew middle income tax tax cuts with middle income tax americans at his side. martha: china apparently is not a current see manipulator, that according to the obama administration. you remember mitt romney said he would declare them immediately if he became president. they do a report twice a year on whether the countries are manipulating their currency to try to gain trade advantages. a lot of people feel china is doing that. despite the decision not to declare them as such, the administration says the chinese yen remains significantly under valued 16-cents to every u.s. dollar. that makes it a lot easier to buy our goods. bill: three minutes past the hour now. republicans sent to introduce their own version of the d.r.e.a.m. act called the aeu grieve act. achieve act. it would provide leg
bill: president obama meets later today with business leaders at the white house including the ceo's of home depot and coca-cola. on that agenda finding a balanced approach to reduce the nation's death and keep the economy growing. before the meeting mr. obama said to give a speech on the need to renew middle income tax tax cuts with middle income tax americans at his side. martha: china apparently is not a current see manipulator, that according to the obama administration. you remember mitt...
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obama could find something for romney to do and romney agreed to do it? >> yeah. white house usher. there's a lot of jobs mitt romney could do for the president. look, first of all, if we're going to do this lunch don't do it at the white house. the president should have taken mitt romney to ben's chili bowl, get a half smoked and he could meet the 47%. i have no problems with it but i certainly think for mitt romney it's going to be one heck of a lunch, having to see the president sit there and smile at him and say you know i kicked your behind. you know i did, didn't you? i think there is a role for individuals who run for president of the united states in terms of still operating in the public space. because, again, we need all ideas on the table. so i'm sure the president, he's got a whole bunch of stuff he could ask mitt romney to do. it's not like mitt romney needs the check. >> well, i would only say, will, that some republicans even want mitt romney just to go away. you wonder if president obama finds a role for him, how effective he would be. >> that's right. look, it's dem
obama could find something for romney to do and romney agreed to do it? >> yeah. white house usher. there's a lot of jobs mitt romney could do for the president. look, first of all, if we're going to do this lunch don't do it at the white house. the president should have taken mitt romney to ben's chili bowl, get a half smoked and he could meet the 47%. i have no problems with it but i certainly think for mitt romney it's going to be one heck of a lunch, having to see the president sit...
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house members are holding meetings today on that. allen sitchson also will be addressing the fissclafle and then president obama around 11:30 a.m. eastern time will be holding an event with middle class americans who will be impacted if negotiations do not lead to some sort of granden. so look for all of our coverage of these events on c-span.org. linda next, clinton, tennessee, republican caller. caller: yes, it was obama who said we don't raise taxes when the economy is in such bad shape. so it's the democrats who voted to extend the bush tax cuts which for years we've heard them say the tax cuts for the rich and now we find out there were tax cuts there for the middle class and the poor. and what we need to look at is the waste and fraud that's going on, all the employees obama's added to the payroll and he ran commercials here telling people how to get on social security-disability, people who have never paid into it and then they get medicare, they have never paid into it. 16,000 people a month are being added to social security
house members are holding meetings today on that. allen sitchson also will be addressing the fissclafle and then president obama around 11:30 a.m. eastern time will be holding an event with middle class americans who will be impacted if negotiations do not lead to some sort of granden. so look for all of our coverage of these events on c-span.org. linda next, clinton, tennessee, republican caller. caller: yes, it was obama who said we don't raise taxes when the economy is in such bad shape. so...
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no no, because they also reelected a republican house. no, first of all you lost seats, less people voted for republicans in congress than democrats. he knows very well it's because of redistricting. >> in both elections obama won by a wider margin than bush won both of his election he is and bush referred to both of his as a mandate. obama won by a wider margin. >> mandate sounds kind of gay. >> stephanie: isn't that wonderful, eddie. >> isn't that wonderful eddie? i won't go! >> stephanie: i wouldn't go! they don't like you. ok, 29 minutes after the hour. more on the fiscal cliff as we continue on the stephanie miller show. >> we pulled the rug out from under you, sorry. >> stephanie: some how they have to some degree won the spin people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. [ ♪
no no, because they also reelected a republican house. no, first of all you lost seats, less people voted for republicans in congress than democrats. he knows very well it's because of redistricting. >> in both elections obama won by a wider margin than bush won both of his election he is and bush referred to both of his as a mandate. obama won by a wider margin. >> mandate sounds kind of gay. >> stephanie: isn't that wonderful, eddie. >> isn't that wonderful eddie? i...
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geithner is president obama's lead negotiator in the budget talks. he'll first meet with harry reid at 10:00 followed by john boehner, eric cantor and paul ryan. geithner will lunch with mitch mcconnell and then he'll meet with house minority leader nancy pelosi. president obama is signaling he's flexible on where tax rate shoes go if the wealthiest americans. return to clinton era tax rates would have house holds playing between 36% to nearly 40%. the president met with a group of ceos wednesday. they offered support for resolving the fiscal cliff crisis with a proposal that includes higher taxes for those who make more than a quarter million dollars a year. >> at this point both sides have acknowledged that there is going to be revenue concessions and there will be entitlement concessions. in fact if you listen to it, again, i'm not a master of the political art here, but i would say if you have these point of views in the business context as close as they are, i would say a deal would be in reach. >> interesting. bill ford jr. agrees with blankfei
geithner is president obama's lead negotiator in the budget talks. he'll first meet with harry reid at 10:00 followed by john boehner, eric cantor and paul ryan. geithner will lunch with mitch mcconnell and then he'll meet with house minority leader nancy pelosi. president obama is signaling he's flexible on where tax rate shoes go if the wealthiest americans. return to clinton era tax rates would have house holds playing between 36% to nearly 40%. the president met with a group of ceos...
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president obama returns to the white house this afternoon following his tour of asia. secretary clinton is on the ground in the mideast, meeting with israeli, egyptian, and palestinian officials in an effort to bring an end to the ongoing violence in the gaza strip. yesterday's fed chairman ben bernanke issued warnings to u.s. leaders negotiating over the so- called fiscal cliff about the serious financial impact looming on the horizon. that's where we begin this morning. how confident are you about the state of the u.s. economy? what steps are you taking to prepare for the potential impact if the u.s. goes off the fiscal cliff? give us a call this morning. you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media sites, twitter or facebook. or e-mail us. thismorning to you on wednesday, november 21. we are talking about federal reserve chairman ben bernanke's comments yesterday about the fiscal cliff, and getting your thoughts on bthe u.s. economy. and this headline -- also, in the financial times -- to tell little bit more about ben bernanke's , and sister day
president obama returns to the white house this afternoon following his tour of asia. secretary clinton is on the ground in the mideast, meeting with israeli, egyptian, and palestinian officials in an effort to bring an end to the ongoing violence in the gaza strip. yesterday's fed chairman ben bernanke issued warnings to u.s. leaders negotiating over the so- called fiscal cliff about the serious financial impact looming on the horizon. that's where we begin this morning. how confident are you...
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i don't believe that is a driving force for house republicans. they don't think it's good in the economy to race taxes on those who create jobs. >> president obama said that in 2010 right after the mid term beating the busheir raw tax cuts were set to expire and he extended them. a financial expert taking on the president's plan and what it may do for this country. >> it is uncertainty in the short term. a worse scenario long-term than going over the cliff would be continuing on this path more spending more redistribution. it has to be fixed. kicking the can down the road as the saying goes. i think even if we got a resolution which didn't suit the republicans for example you would probably see some up tick in the economy. what we are seeing now is economic leaththargy. how can they look 30 years down the line when our own government can't even look a couple weeks. >> republicans say there needs to be structural reform to the entitlements. nance is he pelosi is saying what does that mean? >> move the age down. >> perhaps. but they haven't really
i don't believe that is a driving force for house republicans. they don't think it's good in the economy to race taxes on those who create jobs. >> president obama said that in 2010 right after the mid term beating the busheir raw tax cuts were set to expire and he extended them. a financial expert taking on the president's plan and what it may do for this country. >> it is uncertainty in the short term. a worse scenario long-term than going over the cliff would be continuing on...
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it's the house republicans that matters. it's the house. >> based on your reporting, who has the harder job? president obama getting nancy pelosi's democratic caucus to go along with cuts on medicare or john boehner getting the house republicans to agree to higher taxes? >> i think boehner. >> emphatically boehner. pelosi has a long track record of sticking out a position and doing what the president wants her to do at the end of the day. this isn't 1995, he doesn't have the power that newt gingrich or tom delay had. he can't just order his troops to vote. he probably only controls at best half of his conference. >> and so this really is difficult work for him. >> he's not going to get the majority. we hear he's going to get the majority, but he's not going to get the majority of the majority. >> and remember, the people in his caucus are not worried about running against a democrat. they are worried about a challenge in the primary. >> right. >> i think only 20 of them had competitive house races in the general election. >>
it's the house republicans that matters. it's the house. >> based on your reporting, who has the harder job? president obama getting nancy pelosi's democratic caucus to go along with cuts on medicare or john boehner getting the house republicans to agree to higher taxes? >> i think boehner. >> emphatically boehner. pelosi has a long track record of sticking out a position and doing what the president wants her to do at the end of the day. this isn't 1995, he doesn't have the...
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as you know, president obama pardoned the white house turkey last week. now republicans want to know what it knows about benghazi. a little dicey there. what else? americans spent $59 billion shopping over thanksgiving weekend. $59 billion. yeah. now china's going hey, we thought you were broke. where's our money? what is that all about? and today, of course, is cyber monday. this is the biggest online shopping day of the year, which of course, makes tomorrow identity theft tuesday. big, big holiday. >> can you believe this? a christian college is suing the obama administration over its health care law. yeah. they're citing the part in the bible where jesus refuses to heal a leper because it's a pre-existing condition. remember that part? the movie "lincoln" came in third at the box office this weekend. yeah. however experts agree it's still not lincoln's worst time at the theater. >> that's terrible to laugh at that. >> that's definitely a movie we have to see. el "early start" continues right now. >>> will they break the pledge? some republicans now see
as you know, president obama pardoned the white house turkey last week. now republicans want to know what it knows about benghazi. a little dicey there. what else? americans spent $59 billion shopping over thanksgiving weekend. $59 billion. yeah. now china's going hey, we thought you were broke. where's our money? what is that all about? and today, of course, is cyber monday. this is the biggest online shopping day of the year, which of course, makes tomorrow identity theft tuesday. big, big...
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and obama care remains wildly unpopular. and it's wildly unpopular because i think people understand they don't want rationing by some bureaucrat in washington so far as our healthcare is concerned i. think most persons want healthcare that is patient centered between them and their doctors. when you look at obama care and what we can see about making that law go away there are some provisions in there. there are taxes on a medical device industry that caused people to lose access perhaps to certain kinds of treatment that will actually provide a lot of harm to job growth in a very growing industry in this country in the medical device area. there is also this thing called the independent payment advisory board that is the essence of washington controlling all that healthcare is about in this country. there's bipartisan support to do away with that. will the president sign it? yet to be seen. bill: eric cantor thank you. we are going to work through this for the next 34, 35 days and possibly beyond. so we'll be in touch with
and obama care remains wildly unpopular. and it's wildly unpopular because i think people understand they don't want rationing by some bureaucrat in washington so far as our healthcare is concerned i. think most persons want healthcare that is patient centered between them and their doctors. when you look at obama care and what we can see about making that law go away there are some provisions in there. there are taxes on a medical device industry that caused people to lose access perhaps to...
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the white house staffers are around and soft and not on their a-game. also, the president is tired and perhaps he's not on his a-game. but after january 1st, 2014, president obama will become a lame duck president and people will already start thinking and acting like 2016 is right around the corner. >> does that mean, robert, that you think that republicans are going to play obstructionists? do you think they will? >> i don't think politically they can afford to do this this time around because president obama won with such big numbers. i think they will work with him on immigration reform and comprehensive tax reform and comprehensive climate change reform. other than that, after 2014, i can't imagine them working with him, unfortunately. >> what about the up preem court justices? if so, what potential challenge could that pose for him? >> he will certainly appoint one justice and likely two. the challenge is going to be from his base. they will want to see very liberal justices to replace those who are retiring because we expect that the retirees wil
the white house staffers are around and soft and not on their a-game. also, the president is tired and perhaps he's not on his a-game. but after january 1st, 2014, president obama will become a lame duck president and people will already start thinking and acting like 2016 is right around the corner. >> does that mean, robert, that you think that republicans are going to play obstructionists? do you think they will? >> i don't think politically they can afford to do this this time...
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here's a live shot of the white house. we are still expecting president obama to speak in about two minutes' time. even the oracle of omaha is watching washington. warren buffett outlining the plan he thinks could get the fiscal house in order. take a listen. >> the plan would get us in the near future to having 18.5% of gdp as retches and 21% as expenses. we've had that plan basicly in effect since world war ii. it's bounced around a bit, but those two levels, 18.5 and 21 are sustainable, in the sense that they will not increase the ratio of the national debt to gdp. they'll run a deficit every year, but because our economy grows 18.5 and 21 is a very sustainable figure, in fact will probably bring down the debt to gdp over time. >> carol loomis next to him have been on a immediate use tour with their new book, that we're held to the fire, got a very good interview. >>> costco still remains one of the top gainers as they jump on top this special dividend bandwagon, stocks up almost 5%. the dividend, by the way, $7 on comm
here's a live shot of the white house. we are still expecting president obama to speak in about two minutes' time. even the oracle of omaha is watching washington. warren buffett outlining the plan he thinks could get the fiscal house in order. take a listen. >> the plan would get us in the near future to having 18.5% of gdp as retches and 21% as expenses. we've had that plan basicly in effect since world war ii. it's bounced around a bit, but those two levels, 18.5 and 21 are...
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ainsley: let me talk about that with you. 97 republicans in the house sent president obama a letter saying they oppose that potential nomination. they say her comments were misleading statements, that they caused eery pair rabl damage to her credibility. do you think she should take over tore hillary clinton if hillary clinton decides tow resign? >> no i don't. the nomination is certainly the president's to make if he wants to choose to have that fight with the congress and the american people he's going to have a lot of explaining to do, so will she, so will the director of national intelligence, james clapper to which doug referred. clappers initial statement is we didn't have anything tow do with removing the language. then they come out, yes we did. they are all over the map. susan rice has serious explaining to do. you mentioned the 97 republicans if the house who have gone on the record oppose her nomination as state, you have serious republicans in the u.s. senate like senator mccain and senator graham saying look we need a select committee along the lines of the watergate special c
ainsley: let me talk about that with you. 97 republicans in the house sent president obama a letter saying they oppose that potential nomination. they say her comments were misleading statements, that they caused eery pair rabl damage to her credibility. do you think she should take over tore hillary clinton if hillary clinton decides tow resign? >> no i don't. the nomination is certainly the president's to make if he wants to choose to have that fight with the congress and the american...
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back in washington today at the white house, president obama has lunch scheduled with mitt romney, his presidential rival. they'll be having lunch in the white house private dining room. also today at the white house, jay carney holding his briefing. that's about 12:45 and we'll have that live for you at c-span.org. out of the white house today, vice president joe biden participating in the grand opening of washington, d.c.'s first cost could he -- costco store opened day. the vice president -- bakery and frozen foods. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> jill wouldn't let me have one. i went to get my wife's card, she said no. get your own. >> i don't want to get in the way of a man and his pie. >> my wife started a thing called book buddies. so i'm buying a bunch of books for book buddies. back in delaware. based on the things i know my grandkids like. children's books. >> now you know why my wife doesn't let me shop alone. all the people you meet in here today, and you see, these are hardworking folks who
back in washington today at the white house, president obama has lunch scheduled with mitt romney, his presidential rival. they'll be having lunch in the white house private dining room. also today at the white house, jay carney holding his briefing. that's about 12:45 and we'll have that live for you at c-span.org. out of the white house today, vice president joe biden participating in the grand opening of washington, d.c.'s first cost could he -- costco store opened day. the vice president --...
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they will be looking to the white house and to president obama for leadership on the issue, and i can certainly take time and energy away from some of the other priorities for his second term. >> what we know about what the president is doing today? >> we learned that he called service members who are deployed overseas to thank them for their service and their sacrifice in which their families a happy thanksgiving. yesterday we saw seniors and young people and the president shaking hands, asking folks how they are doing and we got a loo at the white house many for thanksgiving and it has six different types of pies. you can guess that the war first family will work in a little bit of workout time. heather: pies for thanksgiving, you covered it all. thank you so much. >> thank you. rick: the american people have survived another election season. regardless whether your candidates won or lost, there are a number of political things that all americans can be painful for. good to see you, happy thanksgiving. >> thank you. happy thanksgiving to you as well. >> you just stole the number one
they will be looking to the white house and to president obama for leadership on the issue, and i can certainly take time and energy away from some of the other priorities for his second term. >> what we know about what the president is doing today? >> we learned that he called service members who are deployed overseas to thank them for their service and their sacrifice in which their families a happy thanksgiving. yesterday we saw seniors and young people and the president shaking...
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he got in trouble with leaving the white house. barack obama really from the time he left honolulu at age 18, and he pretty intensely shy to resolve the contradictions. >> he had a lot more contradiction. >> this is some confidence in the white house. >> if i can resolve the contradictions, why can the rest of the world of? and gave him a sense of exceptional as some. >> it was only 2011. i believe the record is under estimated. >> and some ways he was using a princeton of the hidden hand. why didn't he propose a health care bill and drop it on the steps of congress? he did not do it because it would have failed the way he did for 100 years. that is how long progresses' have been trying to get it done. yet she got it done. he did take a slightly in direct way. it worked for him. he got more legislation through. >> there is this idea that somehow they had this first term. >> everybody talks about lbj. >> aristotle defined justice as the word used for integrity. the notion is exactly what you said. >> it is not the integrated life we
he got in trouble with leaving the white house. barack obama really from the time he left honolulu at age 18, and he pretty intensely shy to resolve the contradictions. >> he had a lot more contradiction. >> this is some confidence in the white house. >> if i can resolve the contradictions, why can the rest of the world of? and gave him a sense of exceptional as some. >> it was only 2011. i believe the record is under estimated. >> and some ways he was using a...
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. >>> today, president obama is hosting mitt romney at the white house for a private lunch. after the election, the president promised to reach out to romney for his ideas. >>> and overseas, the u.s. could be getting more involved in the civil war in syria. "the new york times" is reporting the obama administration is considering options, including arming the rebel fighters there who have made progress in recent days in battling bashar al assad's forces. >>> and more trouble for president obama's expected nominee for secretary of state. susan collins says she will not back rice for the job, until more questions on the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya are answered. collins said if president obama nominates senator john kerry instead, he would have no trouble winning confirmation. >>> and breaking news out of new york. lindsay lohan has been arrested again, after a fight at a nightclub here in the city early this morning. she is facing assault charges for allegedly punching a woman in the face. police are not saying how long they intend to keep her in custody. lohan was b
. >>> today, president obama is hosting mitt romney at the white house for a private lunch. after the election, the president promised to reach out to romney for his ideas. >>> and overseas, the u.s. could be getting more involved in the civil war in syria. "the new york times" is reporting the obama administration is considering options, including arming the rebel fighters there who have made progress in recent days in battling bashar al assad's forces. >>>...
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they'll remember barack obama. i don't understand how -- maybe this is just where everyone will be shocked and all of a sudden they'll meet somewhere oond he'll say fine, as long as you raise revenues. but i don't see it that way. >> where are you on the numbers some. >> i think 250,000 is too low. i think 500,000 or a million is more in order. the administration's consistently talked about the ultra wealthy and the millionaires. i think the notion me personally of millionaires paying more is fine. i think if it's done in the tone of constructive collaboration and everybody picks up an ore and rose for rez lose i'm fine. >> and where would you be on capital gains and dividends? >> that's a little bit stickier, but to your earlier point, around your buffett example, can capital gains go up a little bit and dividends? probably. do i think it has a material impact on capital deployment and investment, probably not. i think, joe, your point on the marginal tax rate, i think that is the key issue on the tax side. >> buf
they'll remember barack obama. i don't understand how -- maybe this is just where everyone will be shocked and all of a sudden they'll meet somewhere oond he'll say fine, as long as you raise revenues. but i don't see it that way. >> where are you on the numbers some. >> i think 250,000 is too low. i think 500,000 or a million is more in order. the administration's consistently talked about the ultra wealthy and the millionaires. i think the notion me personally of millionaires...
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mitt romney and president obama set to break bread at the white house in a couple of hours. but why? details live on washington on the meeting we were all hoping to be a fly on the wall at. >> how a simple phototurned a cop into a viral angel. "fox and friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ "fox and friends". >> gretchen: good morning, everybody. so everyone should give up because this is the winning ticket right here. >> steve: we didn't give up. >> brian: you get it from missouri. >> gretchen: there are millionaires in new york and new jersey and connecticut. so who knows? stay tuned if you live in those three states. >> brian: it is a happy day for me, we can no longer talk about powerball. i am so tired of the story. give the people the billions. >> steve: now they are part of the one percent that are demonized by the democrats. >> gretchen: two people waking up winning in the 550 million powerball jackpot. did you realize tickets are up to two dollars a piece. i went to buy five. they changed it in january. >> i hoped you won some to defray. >> brian: what are you doing sin
mitt romney and president obama set to break bread at the white house in a couple of hours. but why? details live on washington on the meeting we were all hoping to be a fly on the wall at. >> how a simple phototurned a cop into a viral angel. "fox and friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ "fox and friends". >> gretchen: good morning, everybody. so everyone should give up because this is the winning ticket right here. >> steve: we didn't give up. >>...
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he will enter the white house officially the second part of january. >> president obama. >> president obama. he has to form his government. in his election on the 22nd of january. you don't negotiate an electoral campaign. >> have you said this to president mahmoud abbas? >> yes. i have respect for him. i don't give him advice. so let him wait until two or three months for the american government. and then also we can even improve the meaning of opening negotiations without prior conditions, because they say no prior conditions and now prior conditions. oldest can be settled. and they say it will take another two or three months. if they don't do it, the congress may stop the financial assistance through the palestinians. hamas will get money from iran, from turkey, from other countries, and it will look like hamas is winning the story. it's a mistake. >> i know your time is limited, so i'll ask you the question i've been asking people. the other day john mccain, a senator, suggested that president obama ask former president bill clinton to serve as a special envoy to try to revive is
he will enter the white house officially the second part of january. >> president obama. >> president obama. he has to form his government. in his election on the 22nd of january. you don't negotiate an electoral campaign. >> have you said this to president mahmoud abbas? >> yes. i have respect for him. i don't give him advice. so let him wait until two or three months for the american government. and then also we can even improve the meaning of opening negotiations...